Day 36,37,38 - Picture and Frame

Day 36. Jog - missed
Day 37. Jog - done
Day 38. Jog - missed

I forgot to write about another dialogue from 'Shall We Dance' that touched me. In one of the scenes where Richard Gere and his partner are preparing for the dance competition and JeLo is teaching them. JeLo says

"You are the frame. She is the picture in your frame. Whatever you do, is to show her off"

What a beautiful analogy! Applying this to our life, no matter what relationships we are talking of we can always see a frame and picture. Parent-child, husband-wife, teacher-student, manager-employee, you just name it. It works great when a parent does whatever he or she does to ensure child's success. The moment the parent starts thinking of realizing his/her dreams through the child, the frame starts looking gaudy thereby ruining the overall beauty.

When I thought of this as applied to couples (husband-wife) it makes so much more sense. If each one of them operated from this angle - that I am there for you. 'Whatever I do, I want to do it to make you grow and make you succeed'! I am not saying that it's a sacrifice one is making and being self less etc. It's a pure expression of standing for another. That's why I have written 'want to' in bold. It works when it begins with pure willingness and not driven by any external thing.